Ezekiel 41:8
in Ezekiel 41I saw that the temple had a raised base all around it, forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the full length of a rod, six long cubits.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
I saw also that the house had a raised basement round about: the foundations of the side-chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
KJV
I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
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This verse in Ezekiel 41
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The foundations of the side chambers - Therefore the height of the side-chambers from the floor was six cubits there being three stories, which corresponds sufficiently with the twenty cubits which was the height of the temple. “A great cubit” is probably an architectural term to denote the line of junction between two stories, which would be that of the ceiling of the lower and the floor of the upper story.
This site's exposition
the wall of the temple
on Ezekiel 41:5-11
The wall of the temple is six cubits thick. Side rooms ring it in three levels of thirty rooms each, widening at each level because the wall narrows as it rises. Ledges carry the rooms, “so that the supports would not be fastened into the wall of the temple itself”.
This site's exposition
a raised base all around it
The whole house stands on a platform a full rod of six cubits high, so the temple sits above the courts around it. Albert Barnes relates it to the side rooms. Worshipers in chapter 40 climbed steps at each gate, and the house stands higher still.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Versed. 8 seqq.) 'And I saw in the house a height all around, with foundations of reed measuring six cubits, and the width along the outer wall of the side chamber, five cubits. And the inner part of the house and the space between the storehouses, twenty cubits wide all around the house. And there were doors in the side chambers toward the outer court, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south. And the width of the place for worship, five cubits all around.'
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
I saw also the height of the house round about,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
foundations . . . six . . . cubits--the substructure, on which the foundations rested, was a full reed of six cubits. great--literally, "to the extremity" or root, namely, of the hand [HENDERSON].
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The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְרָאִ֧יתִי | veraiti | and I saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| לַבַּ֛יִת | labayit | [belonged] to the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| גֹּ֖בַהּ | goah | a height | H1363 → | 17 times |
| סָבִ֣יב׀ | saviv | all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
| סָבִ֑יב | saviv | all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
| מוּסְד֤וֹת | meyusedot | [the] foundations of | H4145 → | |
| הַצְּלָעוֹת֙ | hatzelaot | the side-chambers | H6763 → | 40 times |
| מְל֣וֹ | melo | [was] [the] fullness of | H4393 → | 38 times |
| הַקָּנֶ֔ה | hakaneh | the reed | H7070 → | 62 times |
| שֵׁ֥שׁ | shesh | six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| אַמּ֖וֹת | ʾamot | cubits | H520 → | 247 times |
| אַצִּֽילָה׃ | ʾatzilah | a joint | H679 → |
וְרָאִ֧יתִיand I saw
veraitiH7200 →1300 times
לַבַּ֛יִת[belonged] to the house
labayitH1004 →2046 times
גֹּ֖בַהּa height
goahH1363 →17 times
סָבִ֣יב׀all around
savivH5439 →336 times
סָבִ֑יבall around
savivH5439 →336 times
מוּסְד֤וֹת[the] foundations of
meyusedotH4145 →
הַצְּלָעוֹת֙the side-chambers
hatzelaotH6763 →40 times
מְל֣וֹ[was] [the] fullness of
meloH4393 →38 times
הַקָּנֶ֔הthe reed
hakanehH7070 →62 times
שֵׁ֥שׁsix
sheshH8337 →216 times
אַמּ֖וֹתcubits
ʾamotH520 →247 times
אַצִּֽילָה׃a joint
ʾatzilahH679 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
7 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 40:5And I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 42:20
So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.
- Isaiah 26:1
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.
- Psalms 125:2
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.
- Zechariah 2:5
For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
- Revelation 21:12
The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates.
- Ezekiel 42:20
Through
Revelation 21:16The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 48:8–20
Bordering the territory of Judah, from east to west, will be the portion you are to set apart. It will be 25,000 cubits wide, and the length of a tribal portion from east to…
- Ezekiel 48:35
The perimeter of the city will be 18,000 cubits, and from that day on the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE.”
- Ezekiel 48:8–20
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.